First case on PIPL's extraterritorial scope highlights key compliance priorities
A 2024 case emanating from the Guangzhou Internet Court represents the single example of the extraterritorial scope of China's Personal Information Protection Law, Tiang & Partners Partner Chiang Ling Li writes. The case involved a France-based international hotel group transferring the personal data of a Chinese citizen to a third party outside China without their consent, after which the hotel group was required to apologize and take other remedies.